Osmosis Practice Quiz

Since there is a higher concentration of water inside the cell, in which direction will the water move?

• Into the cell

• Out of the cell

• Equally in & out

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If you place an animal cell into an extremely salty hypertonic solution, the animal cell will ________ over time.

• Shrink

• Expand

• Not change

What type of solution would a cell be placed into, if over time the cell expanded and burst?

• hypotonic

• isotonic.

• hypertonic.

What type of solution allows water to enter the plant cell?

• hypotonic solution
• hypertonic solution
• isotonic solution
• active transport

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Where will water move in this situation?

• Into the cell

• Out of the cell

• No movement

• Into its parent's basement

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Inside one osmosis bag, A, is a 50% glucose solution and inside bag B is a 20% glucose solution. Both bags are put into beakers containing 100% water.

• Bag A will gain weight.

• Bag B will gain weight.

• Both bags will gain weight.

• Both bags will lose weight.

A 0.9% NaCl solution is isotonic to red blood cells. Which of these describes the results if red blood cells are placed into a 9% solution of NaCl?

• They will burst.

• They will shrink.

• Nothing will happen.

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Wallaway is a new general herbicide for aquatic plants. It is effective against freshwater but not saltwater plants. It works by breaking down the cell walls of the plants. The freshwater plants dies because their cells

• swell and burst

• shrink and cease to function

• remain the same size but malfunction

• are crushed by the weight of the plant

A red blood cells has a salt concentration of 0.9%. What will happen if it is placed into a 0.8% salt solution? The red blood cell will

• shrink if its membrane is permeable to both the salt and the water.

• shrink if its membrane is impermeable to the salt and permeable to the water.

• maintain its shape, ie nothing will happen.

• swell and probably burst because its membrane is impermeable to salt and permeable to water.

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In the cell pictured, which way would water move?

• Into the cell, causing the cell to swell

• Out of the cell, causing the cell to shrink

• In and out of the cell equally, keeping the shape the same

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